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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



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Indian countries possess not one sub-family of their own or 

 we must break it up into four provinces, not sub-regions : 



1. Ethiopian, or continental African, with Aglossa and Apoda, no Pelo- 



batidae, no Dyscophinae, few Bufonidae, and many Raninae. 



2. Indian and Malayan, with Apoda, no Aglossa, but with Pelobatidae, 



Dyscophinae, many Bufonidae and Raninae, amongst which Rhacophorus. 



3. Malagasy, without either Apoda or Aglossa ; with Firmisternal Anura 



only, chiefly Dyscophinae, and Rhacophorus and other Raninae. 



4. Papuasian, without Apoda, Aglossa, Dyscophinae, and Bufonidae, but with 



Pelobatidae and Ranidae. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILIES AND SUB-FAMILIES OF THE AMPHIBIA. 



1 signifies the occurrence of only one species of an elsewhere numerous group. 

 X Mantella, cf. p. 71 and p. 272. 



